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The following is an itemized list of hazardous waste violations that have not been addressed for Dollar General #13568 as of May 29, 2020. Open violations from July 31, 2019 inspection Violation#106-Failed to train employees on waste handling and emergency procedures. Based on the types of violations observed,the facility employees are not trained on proper hazardous waste(HW) handling or the training provided has been inadequate. 1. When asked how employees determine which of the differently categorized HW totes a waste item belongs in, Jackie Nash,Assistant Store Manager, said each item is scanned using a hand-held scanner,which will sometimes state which HW tote the item belongs in. Jackie indicated that when the scanner does not specify which HW tote an item belongs in, employees will read the item's label and ingredients, as well as the PSC HW guidance poster and documents,which provide product examples and key words for each of the HW categories, to determine which HW tote an item belongs in (IMG 7952-3, 7988-9).When asked what employees do if they are still unsure about which HW tote a waste item belongs in, Jackie did not seem aware to call the store maintenance hotline phone number, listed at the bottom of the PSC HW guidance documents.Additionally, Jackie and Steve did not seem aware of Dollar General's Respond ticketing system to submit a notification to DG Corporate regarding the scanning system not providing a HW category for a particular waste item. 2. The waste items listed below were found bagged and inside a tote labeled Toxic HW(IMG 7937-46, 7988): -A tube of all purpose Krazy Glue. Steve Bohnak, District Manager, stated that he believed many adhesives or glues were flammable.A tube of The Original Super Glue was found in the HW tote for Flammable HW(IMG 7964, 7967-8).Also the PSC HW guidance document for Flammable HW pictured a tube of adhesive called Goop. -A bag containing seven containers of Silk Luxury Collection Moisturizing Body Wash,two of which were missing their caps and seemed to be empty. There was no spill clean-up material found to account for the liquid missing from the containers, and Jackie Nash,Assistant Store Manager, did not know what happened to the missing liquid. 3. The waste items listed below were found bagged and inside a tote labeled Oxidizer HW(IMG 7959-61): -A leaking container of Arm &Hammer Laundry Detergent Plus Oxi Clean with Fade Defense Sparkling Waters. According to the PSC HW guidance poster and documents, laundry detergent is to be placed in a Toxic HW tote. Also,the safety data sheet(SDS)for this laundry detergent states that strong oxidizers are incompatible with the detergent, and the SDS shows the GHS05 hazardous pictogram for corrosive. The SDS was reviewed after the date of inspection. 4. The waste items listed below were found bagged and inside a tote labeled Flammable HW(IMG 7964-6): -A seemingly empty container of Pine Glo Ocean Antibacterial &Disinfectant Cleaner. There was no spill clean-up material found to account for the liquid missing from the container, and Jackie did not know what happened to the missing liquid. 5. The waste items listed below were found bagged and inside a tote labeled Toxic HW(IMG 7971-7991): -A seemingly empty 1 gallon container of Fabuloso Multi-Purpose Cleaner.There was no spill clean-up material found to account for the liquid missing from the container, and Jackie did not know what happened to the missing liquid. -A Revlon Color Silk permanent hair color kit,which contained a container of ammonia-free colorant, a container of cream color developer, and a package of after-color conditioner. Hydrogen peroxide is listed as the second ingredient in the developer.According to the PSC HW guidance poster and documents, items containing hydrogen peroxide are to be placed in the Oxidizer HW tote. The hazardous properties of the ammonia-free colorant and the after-color conditioner are unknown. -A Broadway Colors Quick Dry nail polish,which was labeled as flammable.According to the PSC HW guidance poster and documents,flammable items are to be placed in the Flammable HW tote. -A bag of Kingsford Original Charcoal Briquets. It could not be determined how the HW determination for the charcoal briquets was made, since the scanner did not indicate which HW tote the charcoal should be placed in, and the PSC HW poster and guidance documents did not list charcoal or a similar type of item. -A seemingly empty container of Purex Crystals In-Wash Fragrance Booster.There was no spill clean-up material found to account for the material missing from the container, and Jackie did not know what happened to the missing material. Page 3 of 4